[Medianews] Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!'

Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' By JOHN MARKOFF April 27, 2009 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence. What is "Jeopardy"? That is correct. I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stage

[Medianews] Long, Slow Liberation Of The Cable Set-Top Box

Breaking Free The Long, Slow Liberation Of The Cable Set-Top Box by Todd Spangler Multichannel News 4/27/2009 12:00:00 AM MT http://www.multichannel.com/article/210003-Cover_Story_Breaking_Free.php The cable set-top box is finally breaking free. Most U.S. cable systems have been locked into u

[Medianews] FCC: Content Blocker Cites Support

Content Blocker Cites Support TVGuardian Says Its FCC Filing Will Back Parental Aids by John Eggerton Multichannel News April 26, 2009 http://www.multichannel.com/article/print/209992-Content_Blocker_Cites_Support.php The Federal Communications Commission received close to 10,000 public comme

[Medianews] Verizon Nets Another 299,000 FiOS TV Customers

Verizon Nets Another 299,000 FiOS TV Customers Telco Posts Record FiOS Internet Additions, As Landlines Keep Dropping By Todd Spangler Multichannel News April 27, 2009 http://www.multichannel.com/article/print/210036-Verizon_Nets_Another_299_000_FiOS_TV_Customers.php Even if the economy is fiz

[Medianews] Antenna Makers Put Free TV On Radar Of A Pay-TV Society

Antenna Makers Put Free TV On Radar Of A Pay-TV Society By Patrick Seitz Investor's Business Daily Friday April 24, 2009, 6:19 pm EDT http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Antenna-Makers-Put-Free-TV-On-ibd-15031729.html/print The lowly TV antenna is making a comeback, and bringing free TV along with

[Medianews] 'Star Trek' begins high-def mission

'Star Trek' begins high-def mission The classic TV series Star Trek, starring William Shatner as Captain James Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock, has been redone with new special effects. The fan-favorite franchise is hitting Blu-ray as part of the hoopla over the new theatrical release. By RAN

[Medianews] British government backs down over database plan

British government backs down over database plan Apr 27, 2009 11:38 AM (ET) By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090427/D97QT2MO0.html LONDON (AP) - The British government said Monday it wants communications companies to keep records of every phone call, e

[Medianews] UK: BT launches aggressive broadband package

BT launches aggressive broadband package Like a Virgin By INQUIRER Staff Monday, 27 April 2009, 08:22 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/919/1051919/bt-launches-aggressive-broadband-package BT HAS LAUNCHED WHAT IT claims is the UK’s cheapest home and mobile broadband package, starting f

[Medianews] Chopra & Kundra: Tech-Savvy Duo Steps Onto Federal Stage

Local Tech-Savvy Duo Steps Onto Federal Stage Two to Lead Work On Obama's Bold Digital Ambitions By Kim Hart Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042602262_pf.html Aneesh Chopra and Vivek Kundra met nearly a d

[Medianews] Engineering a Smart Grid For Energy's Future

Engineering a Smart Grid For Energy's Future By Kim Hart Washington Post Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042602628_pf.html Current Group, a Germantown-based technology firm, has taken over a nondescript house in Bethesda and turned

[Medianews] Tesla and Tata Race Into a Future They Could Dominate

Tesla and Tata Race Into a Future They Could Dominate By Matthew DeBord Washington Post Sunday, April 26, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/25/AR2009042500067_pf.html The big automakers are supposed to be in the business of telling us what we'll all be driving

[Medianews] Intelsat Unit Signs $167 Million Deal With Australia's Military

APRIL 27, 2009, 12:16 A.M. ET Intelsat Unit Signs $167 Million Deal With Australia's Military By ANDY PASZTOR Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124080455789258461.html In what is believed to be the first major deal reserving long-term capacity on a commercial satellite for a

[Medianews] Best Buy Expands Private-Label Brands

APRIL 27, 2009 Best Buy Expands Private-Label Brands By MIGUEL BUSTILLO and CHRISTOPHER LAWTON Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12407885357525.html Best Buy Co. is rapidly expanding its private-label electronics business in a gamble to gain a key competitive advantage o

[Medianews] Satellite Phone Plan Aims High

APRIL 27, 2009 Satellite Phone Plan Aims High By AMOL SHARMA and JENNY STRASBURG Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124078816346257439.html Harbinger Capital Partners founder Philip Falcone is pressing forward with a multibillion-dollar plan to build an international satelli

[Medianews] Computer Program to Take On ‘Jeopa rdy!’

April 27, 2009 Computer Program to Take On ‘Jeopardy!’ By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/27jeopardy.html?ref=technology&pagewanted=print YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence.

[Medianews] In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit

April 27, 2009 In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Facebook is booming in Turkey and Indonesia. YouTube’s audience has nearly doubled in Indi

[Medianews] At Papers, New Levels of Job Insecurity

April 27, 2009 At Papers, New Levels of Job Insecurity By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/business/media/27shot.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print The fast-shrinking newspaper business set a new standard for job insecurity in the last couple of weeks. Winning your

[Medianews] Qualcomm to Pay Broadcom to Settle a Patent Dispute

April 27, 2009 Qualcomm to Pay Broadcom to Settle a Patent Dispute By MATT RICHTEL NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/companies/27qualcomm.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Qualcomm has agreed to pay $891 million over four years to Broadcom, a chief rival, to settle a conte

[Medianews] GE Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc

April 27, 2009 G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc By STEVE LOHR NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print General Electric says it has achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow stan

[Medianews] With Rivals Ahead, Doubts for CNN ’s Middle Road

April 27, 2009 With Rivals Ahead, Doubts for CNN’s Middle Road By BILL CARTER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/business/media/27cnn.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print The election of Barack Obama does not seem to have ushered in a kinder, less-polarized environment in politics — or t

[Medianews] Google marks Samuel Morse's birthday with code logo

Google is marking the birthday of Samuel Morse by translating its name into dots and dashes for the day. Visitors to the search engine's home page this morning were met with the code "-. --- --- -. .-.. ." instead of the usual Google logo. The witty doodle is intended to honour Samuel Finley Bre